Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 160-161, June 2006

Triple-barreled type of appendiceal triplication☆

  • Leonid Uriev

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
    • ,
  • Igor Maslovsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, 78306, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 8 6715074; fax: +972 8 6715074.
    • ,
  • Yuri Mnouskin

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
    • ,
  • David Ben-Dor

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel

Abstract 

Appendiceal anomalies are extremely rare malformations. The authors present a type of appendiceal triplication not previously described in an adult patient with review of the literature. Microscopic examination of postappendectomy specimen revealed acute perforative appendicitis associated with formation of three separate appendiceal lumina.

Keywords: Appendix, Triplication

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☆ No grants were used to support the study.

PII: S1092-9134(05)00160-7

doi:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.09.016

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 160-161, June 2006

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